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I have three daughters, my oldest really doesn't have much interest in hunting....one day maybe, my middle girl is 15 and really enjoys hunting, my youngest girl is getting motivated watching her big sister. It'll only be a matter of time for that one. For the past couple of years, my middle daughter has used a AR-15 in 6.8 SPC II which has worked very well for her. This year for her birthday I gave her a more traditional style rifle, a Remington 700 chambered in .300 Savage. I topped the rifle off with a Sig 3-9X40 scope and outfitted it with a personalized Montana sling. The load that I chose was one loaded with Barnes 110 gr. TTSX over some IMR 3031 for a MV of 2944 fps. Here are some pics..... First time at the range with her new rifle: A little positional training with my Ruger Ranch 7.62X39 Youth Weekend, no deer, but we did get a coyote: An awesome (Off Limits) 12 pt. during youth weekend: Climbing up into the stand: Nice 3.5 yr old management buck we were watching: Daughter sighted in getting ready for the shot: [img] https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/58656.jpeg[/img] Nice management buck went down immediately, nice shot!: [img] https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/58657.jpeg[/img] One more pic: [img] https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/58658.jpeg[/img]
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Those smiles are priceless! Thanks for sharing!
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Why was the 12 ptr off limits? Great time with the kids btw. Also how do you like that sig scope?
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Why was the 12 ptr off limits? Great time with the kids btw. Also how do you like that sig scope? Why not the 12 point? It’s not my ranch and the owner didn’t want us to shoot anything that wasn’t a cull buck. We want to be invited back so we abide by any rule they give us. As far as the Sig scope goes, it’s worked fine so far, I like it pretty good.
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Climbing up into the stand: Frame this & hang it on the wall.
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Tell the young lady 'Congratulations' and you get a 'Atta Boy'.
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Great all around, and I love your choice of birthday rifle.
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Climbing up into the stand: Frame this & hang it on the wall. +1
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Why was the 12 ptr off limits? Great time with the kids btw. Also how do you like that sig scope? Why not the 12 point? It’s not my ranch and the owner didn’t want us to shoot anything that wasn’t a cull buck. We want to be invited back so we abide by any rule they give us. As far as the Sig scope goes, it’s worked fine so far, I like it pretty good. That explains it very well. when i hunt on someone else land i abide by their rules too. yea that picture would;d find its way to both the wall and my screen saver.
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Thanks guys, yes it’s a great picture, We’ll have to frame that one. We’ve got several more opportunities this year, we’ll see what the year brings.
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Some great pictures and great memories made. I have two daughter’s myself. I’m holding out hope the younger one will get into hunting too, but it’s not looking good. Right now she just likes to fish. I’m good with that too.
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Good for everyone!
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Waidmanns Heil to the young huntress! Well done, Dad! Those pictures are worth more than a thousand words apiece.
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Last Wednesday my daughter and I went to a friends place in hunt of a good management buck. Their idea of a management buck is a trophy to my daughter and I. We arrived early in the morning and found our way to the stand before sunrise. My buddy had described several nice deer to us but also warned that there was a nice 8 point with a fling horn, making him 9pts, this one he didn’t want shot. On this morning it was really foggy and for a long time, I could tell there were deer out, but couldn’t make out details. At about 8:44 the fog was burning off just enough to see a really nice 8 pt, I looked and looked and prayed that this one didn’t have the fling horn. After studying the deer for several minutes we confirmed by use of a spotting scope that this was just a 8 and a shooter. My daughter turned herself around, straddling the chair now ( this gives her a more stable shooting platform) and put the crosshairs on the buck at approximately 130 yds. She squeezed the trigger and the big buck lurched forward, hitting both shoulders on the ground, whirled around and crashed into the thick South Texas brush. Emma had made a great shot on the deer, despite her great shot we wanted to wait a bit, just in case. As we waited a nice pack of Gobblers and Jakes appeared on one of the opposite senderos. I told Emma to get out of the way and that it was my turn. I’ve been packing a Ruger American Ranch rifle in 7.62x39 all year and placed the dot from the 1-8 strikeagle on one of the bigger gobblers and let one fly. The rifle is equipped with a Griffin Armament Recce7 suppressor and has about zero recoil. Using the Hornady steel cased 123 gr SST, at about 150 yds. I was able to watch the impact through the scope and saw a ball of feathers fly in the air. Turkey down! We left the stand and retrieved the turkey and then walked to the spot to where the deer was shot. Found a good bit of blood and awesome trail of disturbed dirt and blood. We located the buck about 15 yds in the brush, DRT. Here are the pics guys. The 8 point is in the process of a skull mount.
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I’d say those are two really nice trophies! Awesome hunt
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